changes in word meanings

[James Smith]

--- Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> At 10:32 AM -0700 8/18/00, James Smith wrote:
> >I read a quote from someone that said, in effect,
> that
> >as the meaning of words change, people become
> >frustrated and angry that they have lost the means
> of
> >expressing themselves.  Of course the quote I'm
> >looking for is much more succinct.  Does this ring
> any
> >bells with anyone?
> >
> What an awful, pompous, artificial thing to say.
:)

The quote I'm looking for was brought to mind by the
responses of Mike Salovesh and Lynne Murphy to  Gavin
McNett's review of Suzanne Romaine and Daniel Nettle's
_Vanishing Languages_ in Salon.



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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
SLC, UT                        |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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